Comments on: When Drums Battle, We All Win

By: Ed Wetterman

Ed Wetterman — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:09:44 +0000

geez….12tomidnighted.blogspot.com

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:35:39 +0000

That was a shameless plug if I ever read one.

Where exactly is it, o linkless one?

By: Ed Wetterman

Ed Wetterman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:29:42 +0000

Hey…he should know where it is! Dey call me da Pimpmaster! NOT…

By: Prest0

Prest0 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:47:48 +0000

What’s this? Pimping your blog on my site? Maaaaaaaan!

(That’s okay. You didn’t even include a link. :D )

By: Ed Wetterman

Ed Wetterman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:31:24 +0000

Hey Kyle….check out my blog. I’m interested to know what you think….

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:59:50 +0000

Pure greatness. You ought to also search for Buddy Rich on the Muppet Show. He did a drum battle with Animal that’s pretty darn good. No, really.

The superlative Neil Peart has always said that Buddy Rich was his single biggest influence. You can really see that if you listen to Neil’s solos on any of the Rush live albums. You can even see the techniques Neil uses are ripped from Buddy, especially the cross-hand 32nd note rolls across the toms. In fact, the latest tour had Neil sampling some of Buddy’s orchestra recordings into his solo.

If you can find any of the BURNING FOR BUDDY stuff on Youtube’s it’s worth watching as well. This was a tribute album neil put together in honor of the late Buddy Rich, featuring some of rock’s best drummers, doing Buddy Rich big-band stuff.

Thanks, that was thoroughly enjoyable.